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It supports quarry operators,\nstonemasons and manufacturers on standardisation, material\ncharacterisation and, for several years now, on environmental and\nregulatory issues.",[17,21,22,23,27],{},"The ",[24,25,26],"strong",{},"DimACV"," project is a collective project led by the CTMNC to give the\nnatural stone sector a shared methodological foundation for life cycle\nassessment and FDES production. The goal: move from individual LCA\nstudies, long and costly, to a collective tool that every player in the\nsector can use.",[17,29,30],{},"Ailoop was selected by the CTMNC to design and deliver the configurator\nthat brings this ambition to life.",[12,32,34],{"id":33},"issue-challenge","Issue \u002F challenge",[17,36,37,38,41],{},"Natural stone has a major methodological specificity: an ",[24,39,40],{},"intrinsic\nvariability"," that neither the manufacturer nor the standard can smooth\nout. Two blocks extracted from two different quarries, or even from two\nareas of the same quarry, do not have the same properties, nor the same\nenvironmental impacts.",[17,43,44],{},"This variability concerns in particular:",[46,47,48,55,61,67],"ul",{},[49,50,51,54],"li",{},[24,52,53],{},"The geology of the quarry",": rock type, density, extraction loss rate.",[49,56,57,60],{},[24,58,59],{},"The energy and the extraction and sawing processes",": these vary\nbetween sites and equipment.",[49,62,63,66],{},[24,64,65],{},"Transport",": natural stone is a heavy material, whose transport\nfootprint weighs heavily in the final result.",[49,68,69,72],{},[24,70,71],{},"The formats and thicknesses delivered",": paving, cladding, rubble\nstone, solid elements.",[17,74,75],{},"Treating this variability as a simple average would have produced FDES\nthat were not very representative and open to criticism. Producing them\nthrough an individual study for each quarry–format combination was\neconomically out of reach for the sector.",[17,77,78,79,82],{},"The challenge was to design a configurator that ",[24,80,81],{},"makes this variability\nvisible and usable",": a tool in which a manufacturer describes its quarry,\nits processes, its delivered formats, and gets an FDES representative of\nits actual production conditions, compliant with EN 15804+A2 and\nverifiable.",[12,84,86],{"id":85},"users","Users",[46,88,89,95,101],{},[49,90,91,94],{},[24,92,93],{},"Manufacturers and quarry operators in the natural stone sector",": end\nusers of the configurator, producing their individual or specific FDES.",[49,96,97,100],{},[24,98,99],{},"CTMNC",": governance of the model, updating of the PCR rules, running\nof the sector network.",[49,102,103,106],{},[24,104,105],{},"Engineering consultancies and specifiers",": recipients of the FDES for\nRE2020 studies, commercial and residential projects.",[12,108,110],{"id":109},"solution-developed","Solution developed",[17,112,113],{},"Ailoop designed with the CTMNC an FDES configurator suited to the\nvocabulary and actual parameters of the natural stone sector.",[17,115,116],{},[117,118],"img",{"alt":119,"src":120,"title":121},"DimACV interface at step 2 of 3: selection of the “cavity wall” format, general project information and stone parameters, with the generated collective FDES on the right and the INIES verified FDES badge.","\u002Fimages\u002Frealisations\u002Fctmnc\u002Fconfigurateur-dimacv.webp","DimACV: a collective configurator, usable by the 14 manufacturers of the sector.",[17,123,124],{},"The underlying LCA model natively integrates quarry variability: each\nextraction site can be set up with its own energy consumption, loss rates,\ndistances and transport modes. The formats delivered (solid paving, thin\ncladding, rubble stone) are treated as distinct functional units with\ntheir own calculation rules.",[17,126,127],{},"The configurator guides the user (often not an LCA expert) through\nstructured data entry that reflects their operational reality: their\nquarry, their processes, their products. The DimACV project's\nmethodological rules are applied automatically, generation produces an\nFDES in INIES format ready for publication, and a traceability report keeps\nthe history of the settings.",[17,129,130],{},"The collective nature of the project shaped the design: the configurator\nhad to be understandable by users with very different levels of LCA\nmaturity, while guaranteeing the same methodological rigour for all. This\nbalance was the guiding principle of the user experience and the settings.",[132,133,135],"h3",{"id":134},"three-output-formats","Three output formats",[17,137,138],{},"Each configuration produces the three files expected downstream: the\nreadable declaration, the XML for regulatory calculation tools, and the\nspreadsheet for internal use.",[140,141,143,154,164],"key-points",{"columns":142},"3",[144,145,148],"key-point",{"icon":146,"title":147},"heroicons:document-text","FDES in PDF format",[17,149,150],{},[117,151],{"alt":152,"src":153},"First page of a solid stone FDES generated by DimACV","\u002Fimages\u002Frealisations\u002Fctmnc\u002Fexport-fdes.webp",[144,155,158],{"icon":156,"title":157},"heroicons:code-bracket","INIES-compliant XML",[17,159,160],{},[117,161],{"alt":162,"src":163},"XML export compliant with the INIES programme schema","\u002Fimages\u002Frealisations\u002Fctmnc\u002Fexport-xml.webp",[144,165,168],{"icon":166,"title":167},"heroicons:table-cells","Control spreadsheet",[17,169,170],{},[117,171],{"alt":172,"src":173},"Excel export of the indicators by module","\u002Fimages\u002Frealisations\u002Fctmnc\u002Fexport-excel.webp",[12,175,177],{"id":176},"integrations","Integrations",[46,179,180,186],{},[49,181,182,185],{},[24,183,184],{},"INIES programme",": FDES produced in the official XML format, ready to\nbe published directly.",[49,187,188,191],{},[24,189,190],{},"DimACV database",": the configurator relies on the inventories and\nrules built collectively by the sector under CTMNC leadership.",[12,193,195],{"id":194},"results","Results",[17,197,198],{},"Eleven manufacturers in the sector provided their data to build the\ncollective model. 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A key player in the energy transition, DATS24 strives to make energy accessible to everyone, whether at home, on the road or at work. With a network of 145 stations and a vision focused on a sustainable future, the company positions itself as a trusted partner. By promoting more environmentally friendly mobility, DATS24 confirms its commitment to responsible energy solutions.","\u002Fimages\u002Frealisations\u002Fdats24\u002Flogo-dats24-couleur.png",{"title":264,"intro":265,"itemsLabel":266,"items":267,"image":286,"imageAlt":287},"A personalised approach in 10 questions","Fuelguide, available in French and Dutch, offers a smooth, simple and fast experience. 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Energy prices move, incentives change, the range of electric, hybrid and hydrogen vehicles keeps growing, and the environmental argument is everywhere without always being backed up. Drivers face a decision worth several thousand euros, weighed on criteria they do not master — and often settled by gut feeling or by the sales pitch of the moment.",[17,301,302],{},"DATS24 wanted a tool that answers honestly: not a sales pitch for one energy, but a comparison on the criteria that really matter for each person’s use.",[12,304,306],{"id":305},"our-answer-fuelguide","Our answer: Fuelguide",[17,308,309,310,313],{},"Ailoop designed and built ",[24,311,312],{},"Fuelguide",", a public web application online since 2022. It is a consumer tool, not business software — but it relies on the same mechanics as our configurators: a serious environmental model, built by LCA experts, made usable by someone who knows nothing about it and has three minutes to spare.",[17,315,316],{},"The expertise is in the tool. The user answers ten questions they understand, and can challenge the recommendation based on what it shows them: that is what makes a decision-support tool useful rather than prescriptive.",{"title":200,"searchDepth":201,"depth":201,"links":318},[319,320],{"id":292,"depth":204,"text":293},{"id":305,"depth":204,"text":306},"DATS24","\u002Fclients\u002Fdats24.png",{"headline":324,"summary":325,"appUrl":326,"appLabel":327},"Fuelguide: helping Belgian drivers choose their powertrain","A decision-support web application built by Ailoop for DATS24 that recommends to each driver, in ten questions, the powertrain suited to their use.","https:\u002F\u002Ffuelguide.be\u002F","Open the application",[329,330,331],"Fuel and electricity consumption and price data","LCA model of the powertrains (WeLOOP)","Network of 145 DATS24 stations",{"updatedAt":333},"2026-10-14",{"title":335,"intro":336,"items":337},"Consolidated data","The recommendation does not come from an arbitrary scoring grid. 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